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2022 Southwestern Rail Conference: A Breakthrough in State Rail Development
How a State Rail Plan Can Stimulate Growth: Our 2021 Nevada Model (25 min)
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Rail-Enabled Rural Economic Development: A New Approach to Rural Prosperity
By Michael Sussman, CEO, Strategic Rail Finance, with J. Vann Cunningham, former Assistant VP, BNSF Railway A Framework for Rural […]
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Collaboration Will Take Us Where Competition Can’t
At the heart of OnTrackNorthAmerica’s work is the advancement of collaboration and coordination as a superior orientation for government and […]
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Beyond Competition: Building America’s Sustainable Transportation Future
The Limits of Competition America’s transportation system bears the scars of a century-old mistake. When we needed to pave the […]
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Transforming Railroad Policy and Investment
The freight rail industry has a unique opportunity to address and overcome the systemic challenges that keep our immense contributions […]
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The (Only) Path to a World-Class Transportation System Is to Design it Sustainably
Building productive transportation systems can only be accomplished by designing them sustainably. We can’t overcome the unavoidable limits on clean […]
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Decreasing Transportation Impacts on Land Use and Environment in California
In July 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Executive Order B-32-15 directing numerous state agencies to collaborate on and develop […]
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Revitalizing Direct Rail Service
(Originally posted in 2013) North America has yet to fully realize the potential contribution of railroads to the economy, environment, […]
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An Open Letter to Warren Buffett
(First posted in 2010) Mr. Buffett, congratulations on your purchase of the BNSF Railway. It is a welcome investment in […]
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